Zigurd Lanka
Number of games in database: 105
Years covered: 1976 to 2001
Highest rating achieved in database: 2540
Overall record: +28 -37 =40 (45.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (21)      B33 B90 B81 B32 B65  French Defense (12)      C11 C19 C10 C18 C12  Caro-Kann (7)      B14 B13 B10 B19  French (6)      C11 C10 C12  Ruy Lopez (6)      C88 C99 C95 C60  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (5)      B65 B62 B67	With the Black pieces:  King's Indian (23)      E97 E81 E60 E73 E90  Sicilian (14)      B31 B62 B56 B66 B89  Sicilian Richter-Rauser (5)      B62 B66

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Balashov vs Z Lanka, 1988 0-1
   M Richagov vs Z Lanka, 1992 0-1

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page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kasparov vs Z Lanka ½-½ 60 1976 Tbilisi B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 2. Z Lanka vs Kasparov 0-1 37 1977 Riga B19 Caro-Kann, Classical 3. Kasparov vs Z Lanka 1-0 40 1977 Leningrad E90 King's Indian 4. Z Lanka vs Kasparov ½-½ 49 1977 Leningrad B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 5. Z Lanka vs Gipslis   1-0 40 1978 Yurmala (Latvia) B10 Caro-Kann 6. Taimanov vs Z Lanka   1-0 57 1978 Yurmala E75 King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line 7. Lutikov vs Z Lanka   1-0 36 1978 Jurmala C30 King's Gambit Declined 8. Z Lanka vs Azmaiparashvili   0-1 41 1980 URS B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Z Lanka vs Wojtkiewicz   1-0 49 1982 URS 33/317 B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 10. Z Lanka vs Salov   ½-½ 65 1983 Ch URS (young masters) B65 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...Be7 Defense, 9...Nxd4 11. Z Lanka vs Azmaiparashvili   1-0 106 1983 Ch young masters URS B06 Robatsch 12. Romanishin vs Z Lanka   1-0 41 1983 Yurmala D75 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O c5, 8.dxc5 13. Z Lanka vs Yermolinsky   0-1 30 1983 Ch URS (young masters) B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack 14. Vyzmanavin vs Z Lanka   ½-½ 42 1983 Ch URS (young masters) D90 Grunfeld 15. Chandler vs Z Lanka   1-0 68 1983 It (cat.10) B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 16. Z Lanka vs Gipslis   0-1 61 1983 It (cat.10) B06 Robatsch 17. Z Lanka vs Tal   ½-½ 27 1983 Yurmala B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. Z Lanka vs Krasenkow   1-0 42 1985 Georgia B33 Sicilian 19. Vyzmanavin vs Z Lanka   0-1 40 1986 Novosibirsk (Russia) A48 King's Indian 20. Z Lanka vs Vyzmanavin   0-1 59 1987 Tournament B33 Sicilian 21. Z Lanka vs Chandler   0-1 45 1987 London (England) E12 Queen's Indian 22. Yurtaev vs Z Lanka   1-0 35 1988 Riga (Latvia) B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 23. Balashov vs Z Lanka 0-1 36 1988 Nabereznye Chelny A48 King's Indian 24. Z Lanka vs Shirov   1-0 42 1988 active E97 King's Indian 25. Jansa vs Z Lanka   1-0 59 1989 Bad Mergentheim B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105

Feb-01-06    MUG: I would guess that the Zigurd here is the very same Zigurds here: Zigurds Lanka, as well as the Lanka over here: Lanka

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